Especially in election run-ups but also after, some Democrats [ex: Sanders — http://tinyurl.com/y8jafnlf ] use progressive jargon. It gives political cover to an ever rightward-shifting party. It’s a safe ploy as the Democrat Party will never be the vanguard for social rights.

The 1% and next 9%, [mainly Republicans/Democrats, bourgeoisie/petty bourgeoisie respectively] both feign to be 90% [proletariat] working class heroes. Neither is. But for either to govern both must pretend so. And they need an alliance. Yet it is an alliance of mutual hostility. The field where 1% / next 9% pretenders for the 90% compete is the ‘election.’

The critical point is this: the working class must believe NEITHER. Why? The Working Class ALONE and ITSELF is its SOLE political representative. If it does not contend for working class social rights, those rights will NEVER be defended.

Consider these:

The Right to a Job
The Right to a Livable Income
The Right to Leisure
The Right to Decent and Affordable Housing
The Right to Utilities and Transportation
The Right to High-Quality Health Care
The Right to a Secure Retirement
The Right to Education
The Right to a Healthy and Safe Environment
The Right to Culture

These aren’t 1% or next 9% issues; these are 90% issues. Democrats may pay lip service to marginally more generous educational or health-care budgeting; but they WON’T affirm these as social rights in the party platform. ‘Taking back’ the White House is irrelevant when the Democrat Party WON’T lead the struggle for social rights.

Skipping [initially at least] past earlier analysis, I’d open this document [ http://tinyurl.com/humqr67 ] and go down to paragraph 44 where the basic, working class social rights I named [above] are discussed. THAT is the policy the US needs. THAT is the policy on which a working class party campaigns. That is what a real democracy will do.

Especially in election run-ups but also after, some Democrats [ex: Sanders] use progressive jargon. It gives political cover to an ever rightward-shifting party. It’s a safe ploy as the Democrat Party will never be the vanguard for social rights.

The 1% and next 9%, [mainly Republicans/Democrats, bourgeoisie/petty bourgeoisie respectively] both feign to be 90% [proletariat] working class heroes. Neither is. But for either to govern both must pretend so. And they need an alliance. Yet it is an alliance of mutual hostility. The field where 1% / next 9% pretenders for the 90% compete is the ‘election.’

The critical point is this: the working class must believe NEITHER. Why? The Working Class ALONE and ITSELF is its SOLE political representative. If it does not contend for working class social rights, those rights will NEVER be defended.

Consider these:

The Right to a Job
The Right to a Livable Income
The Right to Leisure
The Right to Decent and Affordable Housing
The Right to Utilities and Transportation
The Right to High-Quality Health Care
The Right to a Secure Retirement
The Right to Education
The Right to a Healthy and Safe Environment
The Right to Culture

These aren’t 1% or next 9% issues; these are 90% issues. Democrats may pay lip service to marginally more generous educational or health-care budgeting; but they WON’T affirm these as social rights in the party platform. ‘Taking back’ the White House is irrelevant when the Democrat Party WON’T lead the struggle for social rights.

Skipping [initially at least] past earlier analysis, I’d open this document [ http://tinyurl.com/humqr67 ] and go down to paragraph 44 where the basic, working class social rights I named [above] are discussed. THAT is the policy the US needs. THAT is the policy on which a working class party campaigns. That is what a real democracy will do.

Frank! My apology for the duplicate post. For whatever reason, my browser didn’t display it even after refreshing some time later. No idea what happened [I put this down to internet weirdness], but this wasn’t my intention!